PublicSearcher and PrivateReports Opt-Out (2026 Guide)

PublicSearcher.com and PrivateReports.com are two people-search sites run by one company, Infomatics LLC. Each has its own Privacy Requests page, so removing yourself takes two requests, one per site. On each, pick Remove My Information, give your name, birth date, city, ZIP code and state, and click the link they email you.

Both sites sell reports built from public records. Their privacy policies say they collect publicly available information from public databases, government entities, commercial data providers and websites to create their reports, and may show it to users who search for you. Both policies give the same postal address: Infomatics LLC, 21781 Ventura Blvd. #105A, Woodland Hills, CA 91364. California's data broker registry lists Infomatics LLC with both sites.

Checked against the live Privacy Requests pages and privacy policies on publicsearcher.com and privatereports.com on October 21, 2026. We read the forms; we did not submit them.

The pages changed in October 2026

Both privacy policies say the current request pages started on October 15, 2026. If you have seen instructions that begin with a name and state search, the pages we read on October 21, 2026 asked for the details below instead.

Pick the right request

Both pages offer two choices, and only one takes a listing down:

Remove My Information stops the site returning results for you in new searches, in reports members already have, and in matching records it takes in later. This is the one you want.
Your Privacy Choices is a do-not-sell-or-share request. It needs no confirmation link, and both pages say it takes effect straight away but "does not remove a listing". Both pages ask for an email address or a phone number and say they apply the choice everywhere else within 15 business days. Both sites also treat a browser's Global Privacy Control signal as this same request.

How to remove yourself from PublicSearcher and PrivateReports

Open publicsearcher.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search and choose Remove My Information. The "Do Not Sell My Info" link in the site's footer opens the same page.
Under "The person in the listing", enter first name and last name (without a suffix such as Jr., Sr. or III), birth month, day and year, city, ZIP code and state. The middle initial is optional.
Give an email address for the confirmation link. It doesn't have to be the listed person's address. Click Submit removal request. The pages say the request is logged the moment you submit, and their deadlines run from that date.
Click the link in the email. Both pages say nothing is removed until you do.
Do the same at privatereports.com/api/helper/optOutLight/search. Its footer "Do Not Sell My Info" link opens that page too.

If you are listed under a name variant or an old city, send a request with those details as well.

The same form runs on several people-search sites owned by other companies; our PersonSearchers guide walks through it screen by screen.

Timing and phone numbers

Both sites say they acknowledge requests within 10 business days and complete them within 45 calendar days. They also say they can't recall a copy someone already downloaded. If the confirmation link never reaches you, or you'd rather not use the page, each site says to call and it will complete the request with you:

PublicSearcher: (855) 326-2681
PrivateReports: (833) 783-0920

Filing for someone else

Tick "I'm submitting this on behalf of the person in the listing" and attach the person's signed authorization as a PDF (up to 10 MB). Both pages say they ask for the consumer's signed permission before acting on a removal someone else submits, and tell you to use your own email address for the confirmation link. An agent can also file by phone on the numbers above.

Other routes

California residents. Both privacy policies say they also take deletion requests through the state's DROP platform and process them on the schedule the Delete Act requires. See the California Delete Act guide.
Washington residents. If you live in Washington and have a cell number with a Washington area code, both policies say you can call to check whether the number is in their service and have it removed. Tell the agent you are a Washington resident with a Washington cell number.
Judges, law enforcement officers and other covered people. Both policies describe an email route for people covered by state laws, such as judges, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement officers and elected officials, and some family members. Name the law, show that you are covered, and include a screenshot of your record, your full name, date of birth, city and state, phone number and email address.

Check it worked

Look again after 45 days. Both sites say a confirmed removal also covers matching records they take in later. A record that doesn't match what you submitted, such as a new spelling or a city you didn't list, may still produce a listing; if one appears, send another request or call the number above.

PublicSearcher and PrivateReports aren't among the people-search sites in Defynta's free scan. The scan looks you up on the sites we track and gives you a direct link to check each one.

Related sites to check next

The same Privacy Requests form, under other companies, each needing its own request:

Full list: the master opt-out guide.

Frequently asked questions

Is the PublicSearcher opt-out free?

Neither page asks for payment or an account, and both say they won't charge you a different price for using your privacy rights.

Does one request remove me from both sites?

Neither page says so, and each site has its own form and phone number, so file on both.

Why do they want my date of birth?

To tell you apart from other people with the same name. The pages say the details you enter are kept so the site can keep your results suppressed, used for nothing else, and never sold or shared.

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